Scammer Beware!!
Beware...Buyer is a Scammer who preys on Letter mail sellers knowing there is no tracking... first purchases items then clames not recieving items for full refunds.
Anonymous User
Posted 4 years ago · Edited 4 years ago·Last reply 3 years ago
6 comments
byto253
·3 years agoYup, Zombie thread.
One thing I do is NEVER say lettermail, just list it as generic economy shipping as that provides lots of time for delivery.
danbullion
·3 years agoI would like to know if we can share with each other the buyer user names of all the people who have scammed us. Then as a collective community we can block those troublesome buyers from purchasing from anyone of us? Any eBay employee's able to reply?
I sell old silver currency/bullion and there is a lot theft happening to me and other sellers when we send by a cheap stamp.
rocketscollectibles
·3 years agoNo we can't. Because most cases are based on assumptions and we only have one side of the transaction. The number of times i seen people screaming about scams while it was not, or while they had no real proofs about it. I can't count. Exactly like here. You can't even know when you ship untracked if it's a false claim or if a buyer really did not received it. Mail lost, adress mistake, porch thief, etc, lot of things exist. I myself experienced a few orders undelivered by buying lettermail. Not every item not received is a false claim.
fh991586
·3 years agoNo, you can't share that type of information on the boards here.
Furthermore, this is a zombie thread...
reallynicestamps
·3 years ago@byto253 gives good advice.
If you choose to ship without tracking, you put yourself at risk of being scammed .
How often it actually happens depends on the category. Coins are a high risk category, so are sportscards.
Disguising the shipping method is a basic protection. Putting the cost of shipping (which is a tell) into the cost of the item (aka Free Shipping) is another.
And being willing to upgrade to a tracked service from time to time if your Spidey Senses are tingling.
Do the math.
If you lose one item out of 100, you are in the same position as most retailers.
If you lose 10 out of 100, that's bad, but it might be the norm for numismatics.
Then you have to decide whether you raise your prices (the price being both asking and shipping) to track more often, raising your costs to a minimum of $12 per shipment , or continue to go commando but add Cookie Jar Insurance.
CJI just means adding a small amount* to every purchase to cover the occasional loss. Those pennies or dimes go in a virtual Cookie Jar, and when you have a Claim, true or false, you pay out of the Cookie Jar.
*Yes it's a self-insurance premium, but Cookie Jar Insurance is more memorable.
jimmy_wg
·3 years agoWell, buyer who did it will be directly pulled into my block list . so they can not buy anything from my store until they return the "not received " item. i met too many scammer that reported not received but never reply my message about my refund policy. they can create another new account but i also set limit for "fresh new" buyer.